Control Of A Suspend State
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a suspend state of a packet-switched service concerning a terminal device that is provided with both circuit-switched and packet-switched services by a first communication network but which terminal device can only use either a circuit-switched or a packet-switched service at a time, wherein, in a situation in which the terminal device enters into the suspend state in a packet-switched service in order to use a circuit-switched service, the method comprises:
- supplying information about the terminal device'"'"'s entry into the suspend state to a gateway node of said first communication network.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for controlling a suspend state concerning a terminal device (MS) that is provided with both circuit-switched and packet-switched services by a communication network but that can only use: either the circuit-switched or the packet-switched service at a time. In a situation in which the terminal device (MS) enters into the suspend state in the packet-switched service in order to use the circuit-switched service, the method includes supplying information about the terminal device'"'"'s (MS) entry into the suspend state to a gateway node of said communication network, such as a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) of a GPRS network.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a suspend state of a packet-switched service concerning a terminal device that is provided with both circuit-switched and packet-switched services by a first communication network but which terminal device can only use either a circuit-switched or a packet-switched service at a time, wherein, in a situation in which the terminal device enters into the suspend state in a packet-switched service in order to use a circuit-switched service, the method comprises:
supplying information about the terminal device'"'"'s entry into the suspend state to a gateway node of said first communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- 14. A communication device that is configured to use both circuit-switched and packet-switched services provided by a communication network, but which communication device can only use either a circuit-switched or a packet-switched service at a time, wherein, for a situation in which the communication device enters into the suspend state in a packet-switched service in order to use a circuit-switched service, the communication device is adapted to send information about the communication device'"'"'s entry into the suspend state in order to supply said information to a gateway node of the communication network.
- 16. A network element of a first communication network for controlling a suspend state of a packet-switched service concerning a terminal device that is provided with both circuit-switched and packet-switched services by the first communication network, but which terminal device can only use either a circuit-switched or a packet-switched service at a time, wherein, for a situation in which the terminal device enters into the suspend state in a packet-switched service in order to use a circuit-switched service, the network element is adapted to supply information about the terminal device'"'"'s entry into the suspend state to a gateway node of said first communication network.
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23. A gateway node of a first communication network for controlling a suspend state of a packet-switched service concerning a terminal device that is provided with both circuit-switched and packet-switched services by the first communication network, but which terminal device can only use either a circuit-switched or a packet-switched service at a time, wherein, for a situation in which the terminal device enters into the suspend state in a packet-switched service in order to use a circuit-switched service, the gateway node comprises:
a receiver for receiving information about the terminal device'"'"'s entry into the suspend state. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for controlling a suspend state of a packet-switched service concerning a terminal device, which system comprises said terminal device and a gateway node of a first communication network, which terminal device is provided with both circuit-switched and packet-switched services by the first communication network, but which terminal device can only use either the circuit-switched or the packet-switched service at a time, wherein, for a situation in which the terminal device enters into the suspend state in a packet-switched service in order to use a circuit-switched service, the terminal device comprises:
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a transmitter for sending information about the terminal device'"'"'s entry into the suspend state in order to supply said information to a gateway node of said first communication network, and which gateway node comprises;
a receiver for receiving the information about the terminal device'"'"'s entry into the suspend state.
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35. Computer software executable in a network element of a first communication network for controlling a suspend state of a packet-switched service concerning a terminal device that is provided with both circuit-switched and packet-switched services by the first communication network, but which terminal device can only use either a circuit-switched or a packet-switched service at a time, wherein, for a situation in which the terminal device enters into the suspend state in a packet-switched service in order to use a circuit-switched service, the computer software comprises:
program code causing the network element to supply information about the terminal device'"'"'s entry into the suspend state to a gateway node of said first communication network.
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36. Computer software executable in a gateway node of a first communication network for controlling a suspend state of a packet-switched service concerning a terminal device that is provided with both circuit-switched and packet-switched services by the first communication network, but which terminal device can only use either a circuit-switched or a packet-switched service at a time, wherein, for a situation in which the terminal device enters into the suspend state in a packet-switched service in order to use a circuit-switched service, the computer software comprises:
program code causing the gateway node to receive information about the terminal device'"'"'s entry into the suspend state.
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